Question on CSA

[happyhappymummy]

My ex has changed jobs and says that he will be paying about £50 a week for two children. Hes gone back to working for the same company as he did when we first split up so I know his earnings and its calculated at £73 a week but if he says hes living with his now gf who has two children it reduces to £62. I dont think he will as his forwarding address is his parents and he wont have anything go there.
Im wondering why he thinks £50? Do CSA take in to consideration any credit cards/loans he may have then calculate what he should pay for his children. If his parents have said he pays rent (which he doesnt as he lives with his new gf) will CSA take this into consideration.
Or if he has said he lives with his new gf and they have calculated her having two children. Will they take into account that he pays her rent. She could say hes paying more than what he is. She has a big house. Her ex pays good maintainance so cant imagine her charging him rent, if she does not much.

The CSA doesn't take rent or debts into account. They look at net pay. As he has two children with you then he should pay 20% of his net pay to you as child maintenance, subject to some lower and upper limits.

However, if he is living with his girlfriend who has two children then the CSA will base its calculations on 80% of his net pay and not 100% of it.

So, say he takes home £1000 a month after tax. If he is living on his own then he'll need to pay £200 a month as child maintenance to you as that's 20% of his net salary.

If he's living with his girlfriend's two children then the CSA will ignore 20% of his net salary and then require him to pay 20% of the remaining to you. In this case, if you ignore 20% of his net salary then his salary is regarded as £800. 20% of £800 is £160. So he'd be expected to pay £160 a month to you. The figures for this are on page 15 of this CSA guide.

Also, if your children stay with him at least one night a week (on average) then the amount he pays will be further reduced by one seventh for every night a week they sleep over at his house.

I'm not sure how much effort the CSA puts in to ensuring that a non-resident parent really is living with other children if they say they are. If you go to the CSA and he claims to be living with her and you don't believe him you could always ask the CSA to investigate. They might even do it.

Thankyou snorbs thats very helful :)
He takes home £365 a week (Although he does over time I cant count this)
His new gf has 2 children.
20% is 73
Thats a big drop considering their not his children and they are older. One is 18 would they include her? (still at school until this july)
My daughters sleep every other weekend for 2 evenings.

I think he's spot on from the figures you've given:

£365 per week - minus 20% for two children living with him (the older one will be considered dependent if she is still at school)

= £292

20% of this as CM = £58.40

Minus 1/7 as the DCs spend 1 an average of 1 night a week with him

£50.06

Yes its seems he is nota.
Seems so unfair as mine and her circumstances are completely different and Im struggling to keep our home.

Should go up slightly when his GF's eldest leaves f/t education I think.

Ok thanks purple :)
This should be this summer. Just had a look and its 15% they take off his income then so should hopefully go up slightly.

It sucks doesnt it! basically his GFs children get 'paid' for twice.

Yes Amber it does! I know that they are well off too which is more frustrating.
I guess theres not much I can do though hey?